George Bell, a man from Queens who spent more than half his life in prison for a crime he did not commit, is now the recipient of the largest settlement payout for a wrongful conviction in New York City history.
Read MoreThe governor was in Queens on Wednesday to announce a number of new initiatives to fight human trafficking throughout the state. From inside the Glow Cultural Center in Downtown Flushing, Governor Kathy Hochul signed several bills aimed at decreasing instances of human trafficking, which she called one of the “most enduring forms…of exploitation.”
Read MoreNot all of the 64,000 Queens voters who cast a ballot in the recent Democratic primary race for Queens district attorney bubbled in a vote for incumbent DA Melinda Katz or challengers George Grasso or Devian Daniels. Instead, a small portion of the Queens electorate chose to write-in a candidate for the borough’s top prosecutor.
Read MoreThomas Abreu, a 25-year-old from Brooklyn, shot four people – one in Brooklyn and three in Queens – on Saturday, killing 87-year-old Hamod Ali Saeidi, who was out on a walk on Jamaica Avenue in Richmond Hill.
Read MoreChad Collie, the 20-year-old found responsible for the wounding of an off-duty rookie NYPD officer last year, has been sentenced to 19 years in prison, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced this week.
Read MoreQueens District Attorney Melinda Katz is expanding her business improvement program to Astoria.
Read MoreThe historically long 12-week Queens murder trial that wrapped six-years after the killing is now, finally finished after sentencing on Wednesday. Judge Ira Margulis sentenced both defendants, Shakim Allen and Dreshaun Smith, both 29-years-old and from Jamaica, to 50 years in prison for the 2017 murder of Rocky Kalisaran and the wounding of his brother Sonny – which was the first homicide of that year.
Read MoreQueens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced Thursday the seizure of dozens of ghost guns, ammunition and tactical gear after several NYPD raids earlier this week.
Read More“Justice cannot be served when a district attorney is put in a position where they are aware of a conflict of interest… and the conflict is not ethically resolved.”
Read More“From the first day of my administration, and before the current crisis, we worked to reduce the Rikers population.”
Read More“Providing meaningful opportunities for our youth is a keen investment in public safety.”
Read More“We actually have constitutionally protected free speech rights to put this information in the public realm.”
Read More“While there are other contributing forces to this shameful situation…there is no doubt that the driving cause behind it remains the decision of your offices to seek bail recklessly and in virtually every eligible case.”
Read More“Now is the time to act in the best interest of all New Yorkers, especially our low-income neighbors who have fewer options to pay cash bail and are disproportionately – and unnecessarily – held at Rikers Island.”
Read More“New York State incarcerates more people for parole violations than anywhere in the country – that is a point of shame for us.”
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